Jaik's Sketches & Thoughts

[Jaik]

Aether Technician: I have check out IFTTT and while its not perfect, its really damn close. Thats great man! Thank you so much!

Smrr: Dont want to make you feel like shit :P That 'next week' update never happened lol.... But now its an update!

Warburton: Thanks man! Yeah Kalen provided a 3D base for the bridge, you can see that on the updated call out in this post.

Rosolino: Thanks a heap :) Glad I am inspiring people!

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Okay so, surprise surprise but I didnt update when I said that I would. I know, I know. I'll just wait here for everyone to get over their shock.

Done? Good.

Kalens Robotpencil Mentorship

So the mentorship has finished up. Worth every penny.
Basically, how it worked was that Kalen gave us the choice of 3 Genre's and then a 3D model to start 'set dressing' I chose fantasy because well.. Comfort zones are fun (got pushed so far out of my comfort zone anyway) and I wanted to get as much work done as possible.
So basically we drew over the top of it, then went into rendering/flat colours (I got stuck staying with flat colours on my first one because Kalen said I couldnt render well enough and it would look better flat) and then one we were finished that, we were told what to call out and design in better detail.
The amount of detail we were expected to put in was crazy. I guess you get that in a real setting but its so much. And there is so much more I would have liked to do with my designs that I just didnt have time for.
Its hard to communicate just how valuable this was for me, and how much further it pushed me in both my skills and my confidence. At the time of this post, I actually feel confident enough for my first foray into the world of freelancing. If I get even a few jobs, this mentorship will have paid for itself tenfold.

Me actually winning something!
So I entered a deviantART competition for the Order 1886 and placed 2nd! So I got a PS4, game, paid night out in Syd, met 2 developers from ready at dawn (networking, yo!) and a big ass limited 1 of 100 statue worldwide. Was pretty unreal, I never win anything :S. See pics below.

Anyway, enough of me blabbering. Onto the art.

I got a request at my day job (completely art unrelated) that asked for a dinosaur. Below was my response.



Study:


Some sketches (30min, 55min, 50min)






My deviant Entry and prizes:






Moar Studies:


My 3-4hr sketch for Crimson Revolver that I ran out of time to finish (when you finish a mentorship at 11am, tell your girlfriend you can finally spend time with her again, then message her at 4pm to say you will be late because you decided to enter a challenge, fecal matter tends to hit the proverbial fan):


And my final works for the mentorship. I have also updated my website so you can check them all out on there too (http://jaikart.com) Please tell me if there is any other way I can improve my website. Its by no means perfect.

Anyway, in a pretty good mood at the moment, so Im going to relax a bit and.... uhh.. paint.. sigh, work-life balance master here...